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Now available for planting:
Elephant garlic
has a mild, sweet flavour with huge cloves; it can grow from the tropics to temperate regions.
Red and Golden Shallots
are a gourmet addition to the garden.
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Companion Planting Book and Seed PackNot to WA or TAS Jackie French's handy, best selling book Guide to Companion Planting is written for Australian conditions and comes with 3 packets of seed to boost your companion planting. Attract beneficial predatory insects with Good Bug Mix; repel a wide range of pests from vegetable and fruit crops with Nasturtium 'Jewel Mix'; lure and trap pests with Mustard 'Red Giant'. Observe for yourself the age-old concept of companion planting. BC144 Save $10.00 Other books on companion planting... |
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My sister gave me a packet of your Good Bug Mix for Christmas and the results have been spectacular on
appearance alone - a cottage garden in a packet! Also seen a few bees and microwasps. Thanks!
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Good Bug MixNot to WA or TAS An important strategy for organic gardeners is to enhance and maximise the natural biological controls already present in a garden ecosystem. Does your garden provide a nectar source for beneficial, pest-controlling insects? Planting particular flowers and herbs known as insectary plants has been proven to improve the natural balance and reduce pest outbreaks. Good Bug Mix contains colourful re-seeding annual and perennial flowers including red clover, alyssum, cosmos, marigolds, Queen Anne's Lace, buckwheat, lucerne, dill, caraway, coriander and phacelia (when available), gypsophila. It blooms much of the year, providing nectar, pollen and habitat for wild and introduced beneficial insects, such as predatory mites and tiny micro wasps, ladybirds, lacewings, hoverflies, tachnid flies and predatory beetles. These beneficial insects or 'good bugs' are generally small with correspondingly small mouthparts, so they are only able to feed on particular flowers with suitable attributes. By providing a plentiful food supply the 'good bugs' live longer and reproduce more. |
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SG102SG103 SG104 SG109 SG110 Good Bug Mix addresses the issue of over-use of pesticides and the increasing chemical residues in the environment by fostering public awareness of the existence of beneficial insects as a natural biological control for pest insects. It is the insect equivalent of planting native flowering shrubs for birds or building ponds to create habitat for frogs. It should be planted in areas that can go a little wild, such as garden edges or along fence lines. Generally, you need only plant 1-5% of your land for good results. Each small packet covers 10 m2. It is suitable for subtropical and temperate areas. Sow spring and autumn. |
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Asian and Tropical Vegetables For Hot Wet Summers
If you are challenged by pest and disease problems in your vegetable garden during hot, humid summers, don’t give up! Green Harvest offers a range of vegetables, grown around the world in subtropical and tropical areas, that we have found to be hardy and reliable to the weather extremes of high temperature and humidity experienced in the ‘wet season’. As a general rule sow these vegetables from October through to March, to replace more temperate varieties. Seeds suitable for subtropical and tropical conditions are marked H for hot and humid!
Part of the problem is gardening books written by authors from cooler areas neglecting to give good advice on plant selection for northern areas of Australia. We recommend the books The Seed Savers Handbook or Organic Vegetable Gardening for the best information on subtropical vegetables.
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